LOS ANGELES >> A suspected drug dealer reportedly pulled a gun on sheriff’s deputies in an alley and was shot earlier today in South Los Angeles, the second similar incident in 24 hours.

The shooting took place about 3:40 a.m. near the intersection of Main and 118th streets, and involved at least one deputy from the Century Station, according to Deputy Crystal Hernandez.

The man who was shot was treated at the scene and transported to a local hospital, Hernandez said. His medical condition was not released.

According to department, the man who was shot was a suspected drug dealer. Deputies from the Century station were given information that this suspect was in an alleyway and was believed to be armed, Deputy Juanita Navarro- Suarez said.

When the Century station deputies arrived at the scene, the suspect allegedly pulled a gun and pointed it at one of the deputies but apparently did not fire, Navarro-Suarez continued. The deputy, seeing the alleged gun, shot the man in the stomach.

There is no word from the department about whether a gun was actually recovered at the scene in the possession of the suspect.

As standard procedure, this use of force will be investigated by a Los Angeles County District Attorney’s shooting team, and detectives from the sheriff’s homicide bureau and Internal Affairs.

At about the same time Saturday morning, an armed man reportedly fired at deputies in two separate gunfights in nearby Walnut Park. A deputy was grazed on his forearm, and that suspect was killed.